middle
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ.ɾɫ̩]
- (British) IPA: /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ.dəɫ], [ˈmɪ.dʊ]
- (AU) IPA: /ˈmɪdəl/, [ˈmɪ̝.dəɫ], [ˈmɪ̝.dʊ], [ˈmɪ̝.ɾ-]
- (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈmɘdɘl/, [ˈmə.dɯ(ɫ)], [ˈmə.ɾ-]
middle (plural middles)
- A centre, midpoint.
- The middle of a circle is the point which has the same distance to every point of circle.
- The part between the beginning and the end.
- I woke up in the middle of the night.
- In the middle of the marathon, David collapsed from fatigue.
- (cricket) The middle stump.
- The central part of a human body; the waist.
- Fasting In A Fast World
- If I have a diet plan and stick to it, it is easy for me to have control over my middle.
- Fasting In A Fast World
- (grammar) The middle voice.
- (centre) centre, center, midpoint; see also Thesaurus:midpoint
- (part between the beginning and the end) centre, center, midst
- French: milieu
- German: Mittelpunkt
- Italian: centro
- Portuguese: meio, centro
- Russian: середи́на
- Spanish: medio, centro
middle (not comparable)
- Located in the middle; in between.
- the middle point
- middle name, Middle English, Middle Ages
- Central.
- (grammar) Pertaining to the middle voice.
- See also Thesaurus:intermediate
- French: moyen
- German: Mittel-, mittlere
- Italian: medio, mezzano
- Portuguese: médio
- Russian: сре́дний
- Spanish: medio
middle (middles, present participle middling; past and past participle middled)
- (obsolete) To take a middle view of. [17th–18th c.]
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 27:
- And now, to middle the matter between both, it is pity, that the man they favour has not that sort of merit which a person of a mind so delicate as that of Miss Harlowe might reasonably expect in a husband.
- 1748, Samuel Richardson, Clarissa, Letter 27:
- (obsolete, nautical, transitive) To double (a rope) into two equal portions; to fold in the middle. [19th c.]
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